Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and computer program

A vehicle control method comprising:

• acquiring information for controlling various units in a vehicle instead of a driver of the vehicle and managing the acquired information, the acquired information includes real-time-acquired information and past-acquired information;
• storing information regarding a plurality of situations for the vehicle;
• determining a situation under which the vehicle is placed from among the plurality of situations, based on the stored information and the acquired information;
• selecting predetermined information corresponding to the determined situation from among the stored information and the acquired information;
• determining degree of danger of the situation based on the predetermined information;
• and
• controlling predetermined units in the vehicle in such a manner that the degree of danger is reduced.

A computer program for controlling a vehicle, making a computer to execute:

• acquiring information for controlling various units in a vehicle instead of a driver of the vehicle and managing the acquired information, the acquired information includes real-time-acquired information and past-acquired information;
• storing information regarding a plurality of situations for the vehicle;
• determining situation under which the vehicle is placed from among the plurality of situations, based on the stored information and the acquired information;
• selecting predetermined information corresponding to the determined situation from among the stored information and the acquired information;
• determining degree of danger of the situation based on the predetermined information;
• and
• controlling predetermined units in the vehicle in such a manner that the degree of danger is reduced.